Friday, November 20, 2009

Soccer - the sport where cheating is OK

I've been reading about Henry's hands that led France to Soccer World Cup in various papers, "Tidenes Dommertabbe" and "Frances 'miraculous' Cup berth.

I find the articles and comments troublesome as the discussion refers to the referee doing a poor job and that maybe video cameras should be introduced as part of the team of officials.

But surrendering to this, is saying that "If you can get away with it, it is OK to cheat"

The reports says the referee did a good job, until that one moment when Henry could not help himself and moved his arm to stop the ball in it's path. In the heat of the moments, those things happen. However, Henry should be penalized, and he should be penalized, hard. Not for the handball, but for not admitting right away that the goal was dishonest. Players must be held accountable for the errors they make. The referee will for sure pay a price for the error he did - let's place some onus back on to the players.

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